Veteran MotoGP rider Loris Capirossi has been ruled out of tomorrow’s race at Assen, following a viscious highside in the final minutes of today’s qualifying session.
The Pramac Ducati rider crashed out and was hit by his own bike and sustained a dislocated right shoulder and injured rib cartilage (and not broken ribs as his manager Carlo Pernat previously reported) which will force him to sit out the race.
“There’s not much to say.
It’s not much fun to be crushed by a bike at high speed.
I’m feeling better now, although I’m sorry to miss tomorrow’s race,” said Capirex.
“I crashed as I was at my best; I could have dropped my time, but the problem in left-hand corners, which we had already experienced in the morning’s free-practice session, caused me to lose control.
Tomorrow I’ll go back to Monte Carlo, and in two days I’ll undergo some more checks on my physical condition.
”Most of today’s crashes have been due to the left side of the rear tire not generating enough heat and Bridgestone had warned the riders and teams that this could be a problem this weekend with the lower than expected temperatures at Assen.